Slow Meadow - By The Ash Tree / Upstream Dream (Grey Marbled Vinyl)

Hammock Music - HMK082LP-C1

Grey Marbled Vinyl

This vinyl edition includes two EPs, one on each side: "By the Ash Tree" and "Upstream Dream", originally recorded and released in 2020 and 2021 respectively. To connect these compositions, Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow) composed new segues/crossfades from song to song, allowing the pieces to be experienced in one cohesive and harmonious flow. From Marc Weidenbaum's "Disquiet" review: "Slow Meadow's new album, 'By the Ash Tree', opens with cascades of delays and proceeds through three tracks of reflective piano". The title track of "By the Ash Tree" is one of Slow Meadow's most popular and enduring compositions. "Upstream Dream" was composed around the time of 2019's Happy Occident. Soft electronics, bearing otherworldly tones and, at times, a sense of playful mischief, subtly shift expectations and bring discovery and wonder at every turn. It bookends a period of creative output that introduced Kidd's vision of calming and meditative ambient music. With a foundation of piano, string orchestration, and an ever-evolving electronic palette, Slow Meadow traverses the borders of neoclassical and minimalist electronics and delivers a deeply personal and transportive experience that speaks directly to the ebbs and flows and mundanity and marvels of life.

By The Ash Tree
Prelude
By The Ash Tree
Quintana (Solo Piano)
Boy In A Water Globe (Solo Piano)
Outro
Tragedy Of The Commons (Alt Version)
Upstream Dream
Adorned In Ribbons
A Light Without A Flame
Tethered To The Earth
A Tiny Ripple That Becomes A Giant Wave
Upstream Dream

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